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   Charlie Stross (cstross@wandering.shop)'s status on Sunday, 08-Dec-2024 00:08:06 JST Charlie Stross

   Wernher Von Braun aimed for the stars, but sometimes he hit London.

   Elon Musk says he wants to colonize Mars, but he's really aiming at Gor.

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     Charlie Stross (cstross@wandering.shop)'s status on Sunday, 08-Dec-2024 01:58:55 JST Charlie Stross

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     • Travler

     @Travler I think that's delusional. Specifically, technocracy fails for the same reason the USSR failed.

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     Travler (travler@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 08-Dec-2024 01:58:56 JST Travler

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     @cstross

     Muck is aiming at the White House! We are now in the 1st serious part of the Technological Age. That is when Industry, Medicine, Government, Society etc. in general, depend more on technocrats than workers. And he sees himself as the Technocrat in Charge.

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     Nile (hairyears@wandering.shop)'s status on Sunday, 08-Dec-2024 02:43:12 JST Nile

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     @cstross What if someone writes another 'Houseplants of Gor'?

     …In the Elongated Kingdom of Mars?

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     Charlie Stross (cstross@wandering.shop)'s status on Sunday, 08-Dec-2024 04:05:37 JST Charlie Stross

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     • Mister Wanko
     • Bruno Nicoletti

     @bjn @MisterWanko Yup, and he's still alive (although aged 93).

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     Bruno Nicoletti (bjn@mstdn.social)'s status on Sunday, 08-Dec-2024 04:05:38 JST Bruno Nicoletti

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     • Mister Wanko

     @MisterWanko @cstross TIL that John Norman (real name John Frederick Lange Jr) was a professor of philosophy. WTF???

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     Mister Wanko (misterwanko@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 08-Dec-2024 04:05:39 JST Mister Wanko

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     @cstross Gor? John Norman Gor?!

     You may be right on that. Wow that's an old reference for sure.